Machine for composing and casting lines of type.



E" SCHIMMEL.,

MAGHNB POR GOMPOSING AND. GASTING LINES 0F. TYPLL APPLICATIGN'FILED MARJQJQU.

n Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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-103 Rue du Sei-gens be advantageous in that the .number of sup- FRANZ SCHIMMEL, 0F

NANCY, FRANCE.

MACHINE FOR COMPOSING AND CASTING LINES OF TYPE.

Application led March 29,

To all whom it may concer/1il Be it known that I, FRANZ SGHIMMEL, of

Blandan, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Republic of F ance, engineer, have invented Improvements .in Machines for Composing` and Cast-ing LinesY of Type, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. In automatic machines for composing and casting lines of type, since there ara large number of different characters' Which may be required in the text; and in order to dises: pense with an excessive number of finger pieces on the keyboard, a cert-ain number of the said characters which are the least frequent-ly employed, are arranged on supplementary matrices which are notV mounted in the machine, but which are contained in a box placed Within reach of the compositor. The latter can, at Will, take trom this box a matrix bearing the desired character and place `it by hand in the line set up. After the iine is east, this matrix is taken out and put back in the box. If the composing machine employs matrices which each carry only a single character, as many supplemeny tary matrices as there are characters not mounted in the machine, will be required. The box containing the supplementary matrices in this case is divided into a large number of compartments and the selection of the required matrix is very diticult.

Composing machines have heretofore been known in which each matrix carries several different characters, for example, 10 or 12 characters. It would bernatural to employ to carry the supplementary characters, matrices similar to the matrices mounted in the machine, that'is ,to say, each carryingr ten or twelve 'characters also, which would plementary matrices would be thereby reduced. But heretofore it has not been possible to do this and make the supplementary matrices with several characters. In fact,' the compositor would be obliged to' Search among the ten or twelve characters on each matrix for the required character and bring` this into position byturning the matrix around. This operation is too diiiicult. and too slow to be practicable. Moreover in some composing machines the character to be reproduced in the line cast is situated on the side of the matrix away from the com- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

positor and the latter would not be able to make cer-tam that the required matrix isi Patented Mana, 1913. Serial No. 617,645.

correctly brough into position to present theV character to be reproduced in proper place. Thus it has heretofore been necessary to have as man-y supplementary7 matrices as there are characters Which are 'not' provided in the machine.

The object of the present invention is to remedy this disadvantage. The said invention provides an arrangement by means et' which supplementary matrices each bearing several characters are automatically brought intoqthe required position in the line carrier by means of the keyboard of the machine'. The compositor has only to d rop the required matrix into the machine without troublingr about the position it may be in7 and then to strike one of the finger pieces of the' keyboard, in order to automatically bringthe matrix into position. y In this case i the finger pieces of the keyboard are marked with'double indications or signs correspondingr respectively to the ordinary characters and to thc supplementary characters.

The invention is characterized by: l. A device which as soon as a door in the machine is opened to permit the introduction ot a supplementary matrix, inn-nedately locks up the matrices contained in the distributing magazine and prevent-s them from travelinp to the composingl mechanism even if the finger pieces on the lneyl'ioardwhich normally set tree these matrices. are struck. f2. A mechanism which at each time that a matrix 'falls into the composing` mechanism, immediately puts into gear the eccentric which eii'eets the raising oi the members re taining the matrices in the magazine, if these members are lowered, and. which rotates the matrix in the composing mcchanisrn so as tol bring it into the desired position and thrusts it into the line carrier.

The invention is ilinstrated in the accom panying' drawing;V in which.:

Figure 1 is an elevation, i plan showing?r the application of the present, invention to n known type of composing machine. Figs. El and 4 are views respectively similar to Figs. l and showing the application of the present invention to un other known type of composing-3' machine.

:is shown in this drawing', Figs. 'l and show only the front portion of a nnnfhine comprising a, composing mechanism l on which rests a matrix magazine in which round matrices 3 ready for setting.; up, are retained by bars rihese bars et can. be

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unlatched by the lever 6 of theV keyboard 5 furnished with finger` pieces 6u. `When a finger piece 6l is depressed, the lever G carrying this finger piece is rocked whereby the member 7 is movedforwardly and upwardly. 'lheheel of this member 7 rocks the levers 8 and 9 and causes movement of a part 10 which retains the bar 4, and then allows the latter to escape. The bar 4 is moved in theI direction indicated by the.

arrow and allows the lowermost matrix@ to :tall into the composing mechanism. The movement of the member 7 consequent on the operation of the finger piece 6 causes one ol the parts 11 to be raised, and thus causes a` pin 11n to project to lstop the matrix in the desired position when this matrix is set in rotation by the composing mechanism. The matrix is subsequently thrust into the line carrier and when the latter is full the line is cast. All these operations and the construction of the matrices, are Well known having been particularly described. in my Patent No. 953,237, dated March 29, 1910, and it is not necessary to describe the same at further length.

The supplementary matrices are exactly similar to the ordinary matrices. They bear, for example, ten characters and they are divided into one, two or three classes according' to the number of characters which are to be reserved for the supplementary matrices.

'The composing mechanism is provided with a small door 1^. lVhen the supplementary u atrices are to be dealt with, this door, which is 'closed in ordinary circum-l stances, is opened to permit'the introduction of' a matrix into the line carrier. Care must be exercised at this moment not to strike Iany oit the finger pieces on the keyboard in order not to thereby release the ordinary matrices.

ln the present improved machine, thefided with a lug 15 which, when the door is y open, as shown in Figs. l and 2, is thrust against a slide bar 12 guided by a screw 13 and a plate 14, and provided with a retracting spring 10. This slide bar 12 carries an arm 12 `which when the slide bar is thrust toward the right rand, comes into position beneath Ithe bars it and locks them so that these bars can no longer more and the4 matriers 2E cannot tall into thc'composing mechanism. .it to be understood that, at this time, the linger pieces of the keyboard can .he struck without having any cllect on vthe ma trices r[he said finger pieces have corresponding double iiulications or signs marked thereon; one indicationcorresponds to thc ori'iiuar-v characters A, B, C,

etc.,'and the other indication corresponds to the characters` on the supplementary matrices, for example, Q, etc., (Fig. 2);

The bottom of the composing mechanism is formed by a lever 18 pivotally mounted at 19 and provided with an arm the lower part 1Sa of which forms a kind ot stop. lVhen a matrix drops on to the lever 18 the latter is rocked and the stop 1S is raised permitting the end ot' alever 2O pivoted at 21 and controlled by a spring 20, to engage under the said stop 18d. The other extremity ot the lever is engaged in the 'forked end of a lever piroted at 22 and articulated to a connecting` rod. The latter is itself connected to a lever 24 keyed on the spindle 25 of an ar;u 2G which serves to lock or release the eccentric 17, which effects the rotation oi the matrix in the composing mechanism and its entrance into the line carrier.

The operation of these parts is as follows: At ordinary times thc door 1 is closed.

-lVhen one of thc tinger rpieces A, B, C,

is struck the bar 4 is acted upon to liberate the lowermost matrix 3; the latter :falls on to the lever 18 and causes it to rock; the levers 20, 22, 24 are turned, and the arm 26 puts the eccentric 17 into gear; the bar t is returned to its' initial position by the movement of the eccentric 17 thcreagainst; the matrix is put in rotation in the composing mechanism until the hole therein is threaded on to the pin 11 which is thrust out by the action ot the finger piece G, and the matrix is then thrust into the line carrier.

It' it is desired to set up in the line a character carried by a supplementary matrix, the matrix c-.irrying this character is taken by hand from the box in which it is stored and the door 1n is opened. This opening of the door immediately locks the bars 4, by means of the arms 121L and, consequently, the matrices 3 also. The finger pieces of the keyboard can then be operated without/causing any of the matrices 3 to tall.

It the linger piece 6 marked with the desired auxiliaryy character is struck, the corresponding pin 11il is thrust out. The composing mechanism is thus put into condition to stop the matrix at the desired character.. The matrix is then dropped into t-he composing mechanism through the opening uncovered hy the door l". ',l`he'niatrix can be in any chance position and the compositor 4never need trouble about the position which the selected character occupies. rthis matrix tails onto the lever 19 and as has been hereinabove described, the latter puts the ecreutric 1T into gear. 'lhc supi'ilcuieutary matrix is pu( into rotation, stopped when the desired character is in position, and thrust into the liuc carrier.

If it is not required to put in any other character carried by a supplementary matrix, the door ln is closed whereby the bars 4 are set free. going the supplementary lmatrices are similar to the other matrices, they carry as many characteis, and are automatically placed by the machine into theline carrier.

Each finger piece of the keyboard corresponds to two characters and senves a double purpose. First to control the matrices in the magazine and their rotation in the composing mechanism before they are put in place in the line carrier; second: in the case of a supplementary matrix, to prepare the composing mechanism in order that, on rotation of this matrix the latter automati- .trix retaining bars 37.- 'lhese bars are thus cally takes up the desired position before entering the line carrier. These results are insured by the present improved mechanism which puts the eccentric 17 into gear each timethat one of the finger pieces on the keyboard is actuated. The automatic locking up of the ordinary matrices is effected by the opening of the door of the composing mechanism in order to introduce a supplementary matrix.

The improved mechanism can without difficulty be applied to existing machinesi In Figs. 3 and 4, showing the application of the invention toa type of machine diifer-` ent from that shown in Figs. l and 2, one arm of a lever 32 Which turns about an axisV 33 is thrust. by a spring 34, against the frame 3l of a door on the magazine. The other arm of this lever is connected to a pin 36, moving in a tubular guide 35. When the magazine door is opened, the lever 32 is rocked and causes the pin 36 to pass into holes provided for this purpose in the malocked and consequently, 'the matrices cannot fall into the composing mechanism.

The striking of any one of the finger i pieces 39 of the keyboard of the machine,

moves forward a' corresponding bar 40 formed with a 'tongue 40aL which is then pressed against one of the horizontal plates 41; the lat-ter enters the composing mechanism (not shown) and serves to receive and support a supplementary matrix introduced by hand into the composing mechaiiism. A special finger piece 42 carried by a lever 42 is then struck. This sets in opeiatioira rocking lever 43 which thrusts the matrix into the line then in course of composition. As will be readily understood, in this casealso, the action of opening the door of 4the matrix magazine is sutlicient to lock As will be'seen from the foreup the matrices therein and to permit the lcan be varied according to requirements Without modifying the principle of the invention.

l. In a machine for composing and casting lines of t-ype, matrices carrying several characters, a magazine for said matrices, a composing-mechanism, a vdoor for the composing-mechanism, retaining devices for tlie matrices in said magazine, Ia mechanism fpr'' locking up said retaining devices, and mea for actuating said mechanism by opening the door of the composing-mechanism.

2. In a machine for composing and casting lines of type, matrices of round slia e carrying several characters, a magazine or said matrices, a composing-mechanism, a door for the composing-mechanism, retaining devices for the matrices in said magazine, a mechanism for lookin up -said retaining devices, and means., or actuating said mechanism by opening the door of the composing-mechanism.`

. 3. In` aimacliine for composing and 'casting linee, of type, matrices, a magazine forl said! matrices, av composing-mechanism, a

door for, `the composing-mechanism, retaining barsA for the matrices, anarm capable of releasing said bars, a` slide carrying said arm, andV a", memberv carried by the door of the" composing-(mechanism and coperating with the slide.

4. In a machine for composing and casting lines of type, matrices carrying several characters, a magazine for said matrices, supplementary matrices to be placed by hand by the operator in the composingmechanism of the machine, a composingf mechanism, a door for the composing-mechanism, retaining devices for the matrices in ioo said magazine, a mechanism for locking up Y said retaining devices, and means for actuating said mechamsm by opening the door of the composing-mechanismr The foregoing specification of my iin-. provemerit in machines'- for composingand casting lines of type signed by me this 17th day of March 1911. y ""l FRANZTSCHIMME, ,1 i( `Witnesses: I, H. C. COKE, `l y,

R. THIRIor. 

